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The Secret Agent: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Secret Agent runs an estimated 8 hours (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8est. listening hrs
4.1★28 ratings
Romancegenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 8 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Secret Agent at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

What our data says

  • At 8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 60% of the romance audiobooks we measured.

Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for romance listeners: a solid week of commutes at 8 hours (estimated).

About the book

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Luke Norris, known for his role in BBC drama Poldark . This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Michael Newton. In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Secret Agent as an audiobook?

The Secret Agent runs about 8 hours, our estimate from its 272 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Secret Agent free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

When was The Secret Agent first published?

The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad was first published in 1907.